Scott Health & Safety
Scott are leaders in the design and manufacture of Respiratory Protection Equipment (RPE). Their range includes military and civil defence masks and filters, powered breathing systems, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and escape sets.
Scott have been supplying RPE to military markets for over 30 years. They have supplied the in service filter to the UK MoD for the last 20 years and their M95 respirator ensemble has been in service with the Finnish MoD for over 10 years. From this base M95 has been supplied to meet the requirements of military and Civil Defence customers all over the world including geographic markets as diverse as the USA and Japan, Australia and Chile and the Czech Republic and Malaysia.
Their expertise, at the cutting edge of RPE technology, is indicated by contracts they are currently working on. These include the General Service Respirator (GSR) contract for the British MoD, the M 2005 for the Finnish MoD and the End of Service Life Indicator Technical Demonstrator Programme for the UK MoD.
GSR is an excellent example of Scott’s methodology. Faced with the most exacting brief for an Air Purifying Respirator, combining requirements to decrease user burden, integrate fully with a wide range of equipment and platforms and to offer the highest levels of protection, Scott formed a dedicated team and started at first principles. From their considerable background knowledge Scott assessed all current technologies, undertook GAP analysis to identify areas requiring new technologies and developed and tested a series of prototypes. Working very closely with the full customer base these ideas were then fully developed into final designs, the net result of which has been truly innovative, patented technology.
Scott Health and Safety Ltd, the Scott UK company, has now made significant investment in plant and machinery at their List X Skelmersdale facility to bring the new GSR mask and filters into manufacture and service.
Working as closely as possible with the customer is very much part of the Scott methodology and, for example, when it was realised that to prove GSR levels of protection and for fit testing in the field that new portable measuring technologies were required Scott worked closely with dstl to help design and “productionise” the solutions.
Supplying military, CBRNe first responder and civil defence customers is an important part of Scott’s business but they are also market-leaders in the provision of RPE to industrial and fire-fighting markets. This has proved invaluable during recent operations, where some Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR’s) were met by utilising technology from within Scott’s “industrial market” portfolio.
They also have a gas detection capability and this portfolio includes the Prime Alert Bio-detection System. Prime Alert can detect all 13 high-priority, weaponisable bacterial agents identified by the U.S. Centres for Disease Control (CDC) with a simple to undertake test with results available in under 10 minutes.
Scott is part of Tyco Fire and Security, a division of Tyco International. This gives Scott the benefit of the backing and resources of a major international company.
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